Building record 1215804000 - 27 HIGH STREET

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed house on the High Street, formerly a school and shop

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1309968: NO 27 HIGH STREET

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • SHOP (20th Century - 1900 AD? to 1999 AD?)
  • DAME SCHOOL (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

Grade II. Formerly a Dame School, then a shop and now a residence. C17. Timber-framed, refronted in colourwashed brick; hipped tiled roof behind rendered brick parapet. Brick stringcourse at first floor level. Two storeys. Ground floor with modern door and one 2-light casement and one 3-light casement. First floor with two 2-light casements (B1).
Photograph of pupils at the Misses Deverill's school, c1912. This later became 'The Pantry', now 27 High Street (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS.
  • <2>SBC24376 Unpublished document: Dorothy Blackman & 'Burnham Historians'. 1984. Yesterday's Town: Burnham. p80 (caption to photograph).

Location

Grid reference SU 93158 82375 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 27 2015 4:33PM

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